The American Dream In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

Upon dedicating himself to being Gatsby, he created for an entire new past for himself. Gatsby thought the old him was too mundane for someone as prestigious as Daisy. James Gatz was a good person with an honest heart. Gatz was determined to succeed, but he would not do so by sacrificing morals. Each day he followed a rigorous schedule he wrote in the back of a book. As his father says “Jimmy was bound to get ahead. He always had some resolves” (182). His list was one full of hard work that Gatz eventually realized did not pay off the way he had hoped. He spent “over a year” doing these meaningless and trivial things just to keep moving on to the next place. (104). Gatz saw Cody’s yacht, and immediately became aware again of his ambitions and how much bigger they were than the fishing jobs he picked up as he moved on, so it was then that he became Jay Gatsby. He sacrificed himself, though it wasn’t until he came back from The Great War that he forbade his morals to finally become the wealthy man of his childhood

Imagine living in a world where dreams that come to mind are highly reachable and come without a struggle, a place where fantasies come into play. Americans far and beyond believe the American Dream is something as simple as owning a home or starting a family, but for Jay Gatsby, that was simply not enough. As a man with implausible dreams, Gatsby thought differently when compared to others. His American Dream was not a job or a home, but rather a married woman who is known as Daisy Buchanan. As Gatsby placed the sole focus of his life on Daisy, he became obsessed. Through a passage in The Great Gatsby, author F. Scott Fitzgerald employs personification and diction to convey the idea that Gatsby was lost in the unique distortion of his own reality with Daisy.

The Great Gatsby, a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, depicts that the American Dream is unattainable. The novel portrays the ignorance of society after the war. The Great Gatsby was published in 1925 after World War I had ended. Americans, at the time, lived in an illusion to try to forget about the war, thus, the American Dream was very appealing to Americans. The American Dream set an illusion that allowed Americans to believe that one could change the past and “re-do” the mistakes all over again. The setting in the novel places a timeline that Fitzgerald has written to let the readers know that during the 1920s, many various objects were put into place such as bootlegging and women becoming “flappers”. Bootlegging appeared in the 1920s because of prohibition where one could not sell alcohol or drink alcohol. Women were also changing the way that they dressed as well as the type of hairstyle women wore, thus, some women became known as flappers. Fitzgerald also incorporates a bit of his life into the novel through Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway. Both Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway are parts of Fitzgerald. Jay Gatsby, a millionaire who showed up out of nowhere, is a part of who Fitzgerald wanted to become because of a woman he met during World War I and Nick Carraway, a laidback bonds salesman and the narrator of the story, is also a part of Fitzgerald wanting to be an author. Although both characters are a depiction of Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby is a character that lives in

At the very end of The Great Gatsby, Nick perceives the difference between the American Dream of the early explorers who stood in a new, green, flawless world abundant in its promise, spiritual in its beauty, and the illusionary and materialistic dream of the Jazz Age. Although Gatsby’s wealth shows that he achieved the American Dream. Ultimately, F.Scott Fitzgerald uses light and dark imagery and diction of defeat in order to suggest that Gatsby’s obsession with the past has built his dream, while conveying Gatsby’s battle with his past is what made him lose.

The American Dream is a recurring theme in Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. The American Dream is all about starting with nothing and making your way to achieve millions of dollars and “happiness.” In The Great Gatsby, by showing Gatsby’s tragic flaw, his belief that money will buy Daisy’s love, Fitzgerald in a way criticizes the American dream. Fitzgerald exudes this image of corruption in the American Dream through aspects of wealth, relationships, and social class.

Seeing something beautiful that will make one’s life much better makes a person insane in trying to get that thing for himself. In the 1920s, poor people would do whatever it needs to achieve their American Dream even if it was something terrible. That’s because they want to end their misery of living poor and live the life that they always wished. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the author uses the fact of Daisy marrying Tom because of his money while she loves Gatsby, Myrtle cheating on her husband with Tom looking to be rich, and Wilson starting his own little business looking for wealth, to show how the American Dream is impossible because it is based off of greed.

In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby lost the love of his life. To get her back he ''bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores . . . and sold grain alcohol over the counter'' (Fitzgerald 108). This passage shows the readers that Gatsby's character has no limits to the actions he will take to regain his past relationship with Daisy. Thus, Fitzgerald uses Gatsby’s illegal activity to demonstrate Gatsby’s obsession with obtaining his American Dream, which is, in all, the love and affection of Daisy. Therefore, it develops Gatsby's obsessive personality and behavior. Second of all, Gatsby covers the parts of his past which he is ashamed of with his money and wealth. For example, when Daisy is over at Gatsby's mansion he takes out all of his fancy shirts that come from his stylist in England (75). Gatsby flaunting his wealth characterizes him as being materialistic because he is not trying to make an emotional connection with Daisy to get her back; instead Gatsby uses lust and infatuation. Thus, the author uses Gatsby’s actions to develop Gatsby’s materialistic personality. Finally, Gatsby's will to recreate the past is so strong that it pushes him to make unclear decisions. Decisions like waiting ''five years [to buy] a mansion . . . so that he could

The American dream is a unique thing to think about, some say it is exists, and they want to live the American dream while others think it is a glorified idea of a good life. The two words, American Dream, is such a broad statement and holds a different meaning for every individual. What people thought the American dream was in the 1920s is different from what people think it is now. In the ‘20s the dream was living a lavish lifestyle, with lots of money and a high social ranking. Now the dream is the opportunity for everyone to be equal, and live a life that has shared options for everybody to achieve.

Take a trip back to the 1920s to the East egg of New York where everyone wanted to go to these glamorous parties that Gatsby threw ever Saturday. Many people say only the ones who are born wealthy can live the American Dream I believe by working hard anyone can reach it. The American Dream takes a big part of the novel The Great Gatsby. What really is the American Dream? Throughout the book it shows how the people in the 1920s lived this dream and The desire everyone had in the West egg to be able to live it.

Everyone has an ideal vision of what he or she wants out of life. In a perfect world, everyone would die happy having achieved every goal ever set. A perfect world does not exist. Fitzgerald knows this, and he chronicles the life of Gatsby. Gatsby deeply desires to live out the “American dream.” He wants fame, riches, parties, mansions, but most of all love. Gatsby succeeds in every area except the most important. Gatsby still feels a desire to fulfill his final dream of finding a true love. Not willing to settle for an arbitrary love, Gatsby sets his sights on a young woman named Daisy. The problem is that Gatsby can never have Daisy because she is already in a relationship with another man. Gatsby, still wanting Daisy’s love but

Everyone in America has their own American Dream. These dreams may vary from having a family or becoming a rich business person. The American dream was strongest in our country during the start of the 1920's. America was just beginning to triumph over poverty. People were becoming more successful as a country. Carrie Latet once said, "May I never wake up from the American dream." Along with Carrie, this was the wish of the vast majority of America. In 1929, the Great Depression hit and many Americans did have to wake up from their dream of success.

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The American Dream is originally thought to be about how hard work can lead one person from poorness to richness with the right amount of effort put in. The American Dream can have different meaning to different people but at the end they are all trying to achieve a goal. The American Dream usually requires hard work and dedication. But cheating your way to success can change a person. An example of a distorted American Dream would be F. Scott Fitzgerald 's The Great Gatsby.

The American dream in The Great Gatsby written by Scott Fitzgerald, About fighting for what we want. American Dream makes us strong and brave to do things we would not do. American dream can be clothes, money, luxury, and love. In the novel the American Dream is what we picture but if we dig deep inside there are crushed dreams and conquered but failed. American dream is not what we all pictured in the Great Gatsby but they make us believe how great is life is. The Great Gatsby is about high class society where does not mean that all American Dreams come true but there are always a bad ending to their American Dreams.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, is a one of the best stories written during a chaotic period in our nation’s history, The Jazz Age. The Twenties were a time of social experiments, self-indulgence, and dissatisfaction for majority of Americans. Fitzgerald depicts all these characteristics throughout the novel with his interesting themes, settings, and characters. The most elaborate and symbolic character Fitzgerald presents to his readers is Jay Gatsby. Fitzgerald uses Gatsby as a vehicle to explore the idea of The American Dream, which was a key element in shaping American society and it’s citizens. Fitzgerald does not sugar-coat his definition of the